I have been on a bit of a rampage lately.
No, this time it's not in the de-cluttering department.
It's against the strange ingredients in our food.
Not long ago, I was eating some kind of potato chip thing that tasted absolutely … weird. Like some chemical experiment gone awry. It may have been a coincidence, but that same day I ate some other food that tasted… odd. I looked at the long list of un-pronouncable ingredients and concluded that the manufacturers had finally crossed the line from "flavor enhancement" to "frankenfood".
I had an epiphany. I rebelled. I decided to regress.
(Regress?)
Many years ago when my boys were in the house, I made all KINDS of things from scratch. For two reasons. The things I made from scratch were cheaper. [YOU try feeding three voracious boys!] And I was one of THOSE mothers who made homemade granola by the gallon. I wore OUT a copy of "Recipes For A Small Planet", and experimented on my brood mercilessly. The poor dears BEGGED for Oreos, and I gave them carob brownies.
Well, I'm going back to my roots.
This morning I went on the Encyclopedia Galactica and resurrected an old favorite from a Quaker Oats pamphlet I sent away for in the MAIL. Remember those days?
Here's the link:
http://www.recipelink.com/mf/31/49141
Now, I won't pretend these are low calorie, or low sodium, or anything of the kind. But they are delicious and I know EXACTLY what's in them.
I also found a whole wheat cracker recipe that sounded very interesting and mixed up a batch. They aren't ready to bake yet, but I'll let you know how they turn out.
In the meantime, I have a date with some, uncomplicated, anti-frankenfood, honest, non GMO, home baked, nutrition packed, crackers. . . on an unusually beautiful plate that serendipitously I ran across in the corner of a cupboard I was de-cluttering.
The perfect storm of domestic bliss...
Pass that plate over here Missy. I think I need to inspect those more closely. Are you sure you know what your'e doing? I'll need several of them to make my final determination.
Sigh.
Well, at least she isn't begging for Oreos.
PS The link leads to a page with the recipe on it, but you have to go down a ways. It's called Toasty Cheese Crackers.
PPS, Hey Mom, the plate? Mikasa. I found TWO of them in the linen closet!
Pass that plate over here Missy. I think I need to inspect those more closely. Are you sure you know what your'e doing? I'll need several of them to make my final determination.
Sigh.
Well, at least she isn't begging for Oreos.
PS The link leads to a page with the recipe on it, but you have to go down a ways. It's called Toasty Cheese Crackers.
PPS, Hey Mom, the plate? Mikasa. I found TWO of them in the linen closet!